Uhuru Kenyatta on Hardtalk: Part 3
Uhuru getting tripped up again. He is asked about the exorbitant salaries that ministers and MP’s are making. He responds by saying that parliamentarians enacted it. So what? it’s still exorbitant. Uhuru then says it’s wrong that they are making that much, but goes on to try and defend it by saying that the government wanted to tax them and if they were in fact taxed, their salaries would not be that much. What? I don’t think so. Those salaries are exorbitant with or without taxes.
If Uhuru Kenyatta is going to keep giving these interviews, he is going to have to prepare better answers for the corruption questions that pertain to his family that will continue to plague him for the rest of his career. People don’t respect stolen, inherited wealth – (Actually, they don’t respect inherited wealth generally. So when it’s stolen, it just makes you look even worse). It’s like when I look at the Forbes list of the world’s richest people. I just gloss over the people who have inherited their wealth. They don’t count as much as those people who’ve made it on their own.
KE
On this one I agree Uhuru’s is not satisfactory. But then again Sackur is trying to make it look like it is Uhuru who made that decision.
Uhuru, however, puts up a fight and argues this is a matter for parliament. It IS parliamentarians who awarded themselves this huge salaries. And they have refused to pay even a penny of tax on the same salaries.
Uhuru cannot be blamed for decisions taken by parliament.
On the whole, I was really impressed by Uhuru’s performance. It is better than Raila’s Newsnight interview in January/february.
He is alert, articulate and on the ball. I don’t care about his money. i just like the way he stood up to this guy Sackur.
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JOSH,
You see,the problem here is “Political Hypocracy”….They all say the same bullshit…It wasn;t me,it was the Parliament. Hey!then if Uhuru cares so much about the issue why NOT ask the Treasury to cut back his check to what he feels he deserves.MWAU does it.His whole check goes to his constituency fund.Kilome..I think.
KE,
Please do some research on HARUN MWAU of PICK.This guy is the new real deal.His development agenda and record is out of this world.What about MWAU TOSHA 2012??
Dee
You will find that Mwau is not the saint he pretends to be. It is good that he is developing Kilome though!
This guy was involved in shenanigans during Moi days.
How did he get all this money?
Is he being used to undermine Kalonzo?
mwau… drugs? For him the MP salo is a pittance…
its not bad 2 inherit i think heirs rises in politics since the time 2 gather wealth is excluded, they have time to think obout the ordinary people and the opressed.